Terms and Conditions for MCCA Conference Proposal
The Manitoba Child Care Association provides services to our 5000+ members, who provide early childhood care and education to well over 40,000 children in the licensed child care system (centres, nursery schools and family child care homes).
Our 2025 provincial conference attracted over 1500 early childhood educators, child care assistants, students from universities and colleges, faculty members, consultants, and advocates for children and families.
CRITERIA
Workshop sessions should:
- Be 2, 2.25 or 4.25 hours (considered a full day) in length
- Am workshop 10:30 – 12:30 and pm workshop is 1:45 – 4:30 NOTE: there is a ½ break in the pm, full day would be an AM and PM session.
- Be designed for an adult audience and allow for interaction and questions
- Include techniques, strategies or ideas to help delegates share their learning in their programs
- If you have previously presented, workshop topics should be new for this year
Conference delegates are generally graduates of a diploma level program in early childhood education & care and child care assistants. Many have completed a degree or post-diploma specialty.
Delegates come from urban, rural, northern and reserve-based communities throughout Manitoba.
If you are a first time presenter for MCCA, please include your C.V. or résumé, which demonstrates your credentials (formal or through experience), including a listing of other workshops/lectures you have delivered, and the audiences you have addressed.
If you are bringing a student, assistant, etc, this must be approved by the Assistant Executive Director.
AUDIOVISUAL
- Please indicate your audiovisual needs. The room will only be equipped with the items you indicate. Presenters must provide their own laptops and own adaptor cords to connect to the LCD projector. MCCA will determine if your workshop requires a microphone. In order to fill each break out room to its capacity, we will not be able to add display tables. Each room will include a presenter table at front which you can utilize to display materials, etc.
- Markers, scissors, tape, etc. are the responsibility of the presenter.
ROOM SETUP
The workshop room will be set up with round tables and chairs unless you indicate something different, for example, chairs in a circle. MCCA reserves the right to change the room set up and will inform the presenter.
Please indicate on your form what category your workshop fits.
FRONTLINE- ideas/techniques/strategies on curriculum, health & safety, and daily experiences with children and families
MANAGEMENT/LEADERS – ideas/techniques/strategies on staffing, HR issues, vision, mission, etc.
REMUNERATION and EXPENSES
- Donate your time
- Banner Ad on the conference app ($600.00 value)
- Ad on the plenary screen ($600.00 value)
- Professional fees/honorariums may be paid if requested, but we do make every attempt to keep our conference fees as low as possible. Therefore, willingness to “donate” your time will be gratefully appreciated, and may be considered in the final selection of presentations. Remuneration will be paid to a maximum of two presenters per workshop, unless preapproved by the Assistant Executive Director.
- MCCA prefers to photocopy your handouts and will bring them to the conference. If you wish to do the copying, photocopying expenses will be reimbursed up to $40.00, and a receipt is required. We respect copyright laws, so handouts need only summarize the main points of your presentation with suggested sources for further readings. Handouts will be copied two sided and black and white with a maximum of 20 pages. If you have a PowerPoint, our delegates prefer the note pages as a handout to follow along and make notes (3 slides to a page).
- MCCA will only cover airfare, accommodations (at the Vic Inn) and presenter fees when pre-authorized by the Assistant Executive Director and confirmed in the contract. All other expenses (meals, incidentals, baggage/airport parking fees, etc.) are the responsibility of the presenter. Airfare is booked by the presenter and must be booked 3 months prior to the conference. Once booked the travel itinerary and the receipt should be forwarded to Assistant Executive Assistant.
- If your workshop is a full day, MCCA will provide you with a lunch.
- Workshop materials – MCCA will cover workshop material expenses when pre-authorized by the Assistant Executive Director. Gathering and/or purchasing of these materials are the responsibility of the presenter.
- Payment of fees, flights, etc. will be made by cheque and will be provided at presenter registration at the conference.
PROCESS
Workshop proposals will be reviewed and selected based on session topic, expertise of presenters, and remuneration. Proposals selected will demonstrate an understanding of inclusiveness, diversity, and ethical practices.
Deadline to submit proposals is October 15, 2025.
Successful applicants will be notified by October 31/25 if their proposal was accepted. A conference contract will then be sent out confirming the workshop details.
Questions: Please call Karen Kowalski at 204-336-5062 (1-888-323-4676 in Manitoba ext. 224) or email kkowalski@mccahouse.org